Cringing, he bites down hard enough to draw a drop of blood from his lips. He can't talk about Aki. He can't lie either. Hell, he doesn't want to lie anymore. It's against the rules and if he starts breaking them right after coming to terms with wanting to follow them, then he's only making himself worthless again.
"I am," he spits out before he can convince himself to keep his mouth shut. "I don't know what to do when I meet, mh, people from my past." That could mean teachers as well as other kids living on the streets, or men he's slept with before. And Aki, but Jade mustn't know about him.
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Cringing, he bites down hard enough to draw a drop of blood from his lips. He can't talk about Aki. He can't lie either. Hell, he doesn't want to lie anymore. It's against the rules and if he starts breaking them right after coming to terms with wanting to follow them, then he's only making himself worthless again.
"I am," he spits out before he can convince himself to keep his mouth shut. "I don't know what to do when I meet, mh, people from my past." That could mean teachers as well as other kids living on the streets, or men he's slept with before. And Aki, but Jade mustn't know about him.
"Some of them don't know that I'm like this."